Brendan into World Q-Finals – Qatar

Brendan O Donoghue remains the only Irish man still standing in the IBSF Snooker Championships here in Doha Qatar.  Brendan won his last 16 match last night against Steve Misfud (Australia) 5-4 to set up a shootout with Amir Sarkhosh from Iran in the Q Final of the Men’s Championships. Unfortunately Brian McPhee and John Farrell were

World IBSF Championships – All Irish Qualify for Knock Outs

All the Republic of Ireland players, Brendan O Donoghue, Ross Bulman, Karl Fitzpatrick, John Farrell, Brian McPhee and Anthony Bonnar qualified for the knock out stages of the 2017 IBSF World Snooker Championship in Qatar. All players are playing in the Al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, with the event running from the 18th November till 27th

Live Scoring & Streaming – Qatar

Republic of Ireland players are at present playing in the 2017 IBSF World Snooker championship in Qatar from 18th November till 27th November in the Al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar. In the Men’s event Brendan O Donoghue, Ross Bulman and Karl Fitzpatrick will compete while John Farrell, Brian McPhee and Anthony Bonnar will compete in

Snooker Legends Irish Masters No. 2 Qualifier Carlow

The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow will hold a qualifier for the Irish Masters from the 24th -26th November. Do not miss your chance to qualify to play in Goffs against a Legend of the game in January 2018. CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES 17th NOVEMBER Following on from the first World Seniors Championship, under the

RIBSA Confirm IBSF Qatar Players

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just announced the players and officials that will travel to the 2017 IBSF World Snooker championship in Qatar from 17th November till 27th November. The 2017 event will be played at Al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar. In the Men’s event Brendan O Donoghue, Ross Bulman and

Ireland Win ICC in Scotland

The Republic of Ireland team won the 2017 ICC International Challenge Cup in Edinburgh,Scotland over the weekend. It was the 6th edition of the popular ICC and our Irish players played fantastic snooker to beat Scotland, N Ireland and France to claim the title. Ireland team consisted of Eddie Ingle, Ernie McMullen, Brendan Cooney, Stephen

IBSF World Billiards Championships

The 2017 IBSF World Billiards Championship 150up & Long Up formats will be held in Qatar Billiards & Snooker Federation in Doha, Qatar from 9th – 15th November 2017. I have the pleasure of inviting you to send your players to participate in Please enter your player’s names and details into the IBSF web site

2017 IBSF World Snooker – Qatar

The Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation will now be hosting the 2017 IBSF World Snooker championship (Men, Women and Masters) from 17th November till 27th November 2017 at Al-Arabi Sports Club, Doha, Qatar. First of all, IBSF would like to thank Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation for their agreement to host these championships in Doha

RIBSA Juniors win Title

The Republic of Ireland Juniors defeated the Northern Ireland Juniors by 63 frames to 37 frames to win the 2017 Irish Junior Challenge in the Ivy Rooms on Saturday the 2nd of September. The RIBSA Under 21’s won 31 to 19 and the RIBSA Under 16’s won 32 to 18. The RIBSA juniors won 4

IBSF World U-16’s – Russia

The IBSF Under 16 World Open Snooker Championships will be held in Russia from the 1st – 8th of October. Entries for RIBSA players will be based on last seasons Under 16 Rankings. RIBSA want to clarify their position, if any players wishes to play, RIBSA are only paying the entry fees into the event.